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Cowi employs drones for dam surveys in Zambia
- Mar, 07, 2017
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering Geomatics
- Zambia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The company is using the drones for topographical measurements regarding the construction of 100 dams in the African country. The construction project is financed by the World Bank and the African...
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Reconnaissance Report on 2016 M 5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma Earthquake announced
- Oct, 27, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Liquefaction Engineering Dam Engineering Levees Settlements Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, just published the reconnaissance report of the 2016 M 5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma earthq...
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Energy Plant Dam Collapses Due to Flooding in North Carolina (video)
- Oct, 12, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering
- Wayne County, North Carolina
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On Wednesday, October 12th, a dam broke at the Duke Energy H.F. Lee plant causing one of its cooling ponds to mingle with the floodwater. The dam was damaged by the heavy flooding from Hurricane Ma...
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May 31st is National Dam Safety Awareness Day in America
On the May 31st we commemorate the significant role dams play in American life. From providing nearly half of the nation's clean, renewable electricity, water supplies, and access to water for agricul...
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Potential Mosul Dam Failure Puts Millions at Risk
- May, 23, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering
- Mosul, Iraq
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Mosul Dam on the Tigris River in northern Iraq is the largest Dam in the country and provides power to nearly two million people. According to engineers, the dam is at serious risk of collapse and...
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Chemical Weathering Deteriorating Mosul Dam
The Mosul Dam, Iraq's largest dam, is structurally unsound and is presenting a serious risk to all of downtown Iraq. The Army Corps of Engineers found in 2007 that the dam had a exceptionally hi...
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Measurand’s Longest SAA Installation
- Dec, 02, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering Tailings Dams
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The first of Measurand’s 150 metre long SAAs has been installed in one of the world’s largest tailings dams at Zelazny Most, Poland, in October 2015. Zelazny Most tailing pond, located near a town wi...
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Hayward Baker: Keller North America Group Acquires GeoConstruction Group
- Sep, 23, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Deep Foundations Retaining Walls Dam Engineering Levees Shaft Foundations Underground Structures Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller North America announces the acquisition of the GeoConstruction group (“Bencor”) of Layne Christensen Company, a company that operates internationally, with headquarters in Frisco, Tex. This ac...
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The Lake That Was Born From An Earthquake
- Sep, 14, 2015
- Other News Landslides Earthquake Reconnaissance Dam Engineering
- Sarez Lake, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Despite the tempting turquoise waters, the story behind this beautiful lake is worrying. The Sarez Lake in Tajikistan is in the depths of the Pamir Mountains. Despite the tempting turquoise waters,...
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The World's Most Impressive Dam
- Aug, 06, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering Dam Engineering
- Hoover Dam, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Americans built this huge irrigation project offering jobs to hundreds of Americans who had become unemployed by the economic situation. Americans built this huge irrigation project offering jobs t...
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